Need to list names in column A associated to multiple matches in col B

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Need to list names in column A associated to multiple matches in col B

TimBishop (MIS)

(OP)

28 Feb 00 12:19

I have an Excel 2000 spreadsheet where column a contains names of sites (unique), column b contains percentages of completion. I want to list in a single cell the names of the sites that match certain criteria. Example:
a1-a5 contain Toledo, New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Tulsa. b1-b5 contain .95, .78, .95, .54, .95. If I wanted to list in c1 all sites that = .95, which should be Toledo, Los Angeles, and Tulsa, how would I do it (site names separated by comma and a space)? I can get a single occurrence using OFFSET/MATCH, VLOOKUP, or the IF functions, but unsuccessful in getting it to list all matches in a single cell.

Dreamboat (Instructor) · Answer 1 · 2000-02-28 17:55:05

Looks to me like a coding job. Try going to the Lounge at www.wopr.com. Lots of coders there.

Trunk (MIS) · Answer 2 · 2000-02-29 12:50:57

Here's something that will work (although maybe not the cleanest way):

In some unused portion of your spreadsheet, let's say column AA:

In AA1 enter the formula =If(B1=.95,", "&A1,"")
This will return the city name prepended with a comma and a space if the .95 criteria is met. Otherwise it will return a null entry. Fill this formula down through AA5.

In some cell, say AA7, enter =AA1&AA2&AA3&AA4&AA5
This will create a concatenated string of the values in AA1 through AA5.

Now back in cell C1, enter =Right(AA7,Len(AA7)-2)
This will return the list of cities meeting the criteria with the leading comma and space stripped off.

Tom Thaden
thadents@usano.ksc.nasa.gov

elizabeth (IS/IT--Management) · Answer 3 · 2000-02-29 13:11:43

FYI, this is exactly the kind of work that databases were created to do easily. You can import your table into Access and easily write a query or report to do this tpe of thing.

TimBishop (MIS) · Answer 4 · 2000-02-29 15:45:39

Thanks Trunk, your suggestion worked fine. Elizabeth, I am aware that databases do this however they do not give the visability that spreadsheets provide, I am a db programmer and would normally use Access, thanks for your input as well.

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